These stamp blocks are perfect for carving - very happy customer here! Shipping was a little pricey to Canada, but my purchase arrived very quickly. Can't complain about the quality, they're super easy to carve and small details are easily achieved with the right tools.

I love the versatility of this product. I just have one complaint, and Speedball is to blame, not Dick Blick. The measurement on the label claims that the size is 4 inches by 5.5 inches, but that is not accurate... at least not for the 8 blocks which I ordered. My blocks measure 3.9 inches by 5.1 inches. If you are working freehand, this may not be a big deal. But if you first create your design on a computer (especially if you have a border in your design) to be transferred onto the block, then you must bear this discrepancy in mind. Again, I love this product, it's not a big deal, but something to be aware of.

I've been carving linoleum blocks for years. I tried these a few years ago and they were SO easy to carve, easy to transfer designs to and easier to print than any other block I've used. I keep carving a hard lino block on occasion, thinking the more difficult, the more 'real' the print. Each time the traditional blocks are much less reliable to print than the speedy cut. You can print with a baren, a rolling pin, even a spoon.

The only thing I should mention on the con side is that you should print all of your prints early on. the blocks seem to get a little less soft after a number of months/years. They work, but it's a bit harder to get a clear print. I have a small speedball block press, also from Blick, that solves this problem. Even if I didn't the very slight hardening totally does not outweigh the pros of this block. It is the best.

I use a lot of Speedy-Cut for my business printing on fabric. I have used acrylic and bleach discharge solution on the blocks for numerous prints. This block material holds up extremely well and cleans up well even though the acrylic paint may have been on the block for awhile (30 - 60 minutes) I use these blocks over and over and there is no breakdown in the material. AND of course it is easy and "speedy" to carve!

I am a lino printer and produce a lot of small pieces, so the Speedball ezy carve blocks allow me to quickly produce my plates and print them. Over time my hands get sore with traditional lino, so the soft carving blocks have been fabulous. I will continue to use the Speedball ezy carve blocks for all my work.

I actually wrote the first mass-market book on stamp carving (The Weekend Crafter: Rubber Stamp Carving) for Lark Books in 2002. In it, I talked about a well-known brand name carving material that looks great, carves easily--and crumbles if you look at it wrong. I urged new carvers not to be seduced, as there are plenty of other, better carving blocks out there.Here I am, a decade later, and I can't believe this product is still available to unwary carvers. AND that I myself was taken in, lured by the low price and the good reviews. I thought if it really was the same stuff, they MUST have improved it by now. But no. It's the same problematic stuff--looks great, feels great, carves easily. But doesn't perform so great. And it doesn't hold up.First of all, Speedball did aquire quality versons of carving block from other small companies (the pink version, the blue version) about 10 years ago, and made them more available to a wider audience. So they do offer quality carving block. But the renaming of these versions is extremely confusing: Speedy-Cut Carve block and Speedy-Cut Carving block?? Come on.Suffice to say, this is the same old stuff that crumbles easily. In fact, you can lightly rub a cut line and you will get crumbles. Just brushing off your line cut debris will create more crumbles. Beginning students dig a little too hard or a little too deep (so easy to do) and their entire block splits or crumbles.I bought a bunch, because I'm teaching free classes and providing free materials to several outreach groups with not much funds. So I bought in bulk to get the very best price. Because of shipping costs and restocking fees, it's not worth sending back. My students will use it, and right now, it doesn't matter too much--they're having fun simply playing with the material and they aren't concerned about making stamps that last. But when I see their frustration with a block that falls apart as they carve it, I want to smack myself. It just shouldn't be that hard.Spare yourself the trouble. Try Speedyball's other quality products. Let this one die a peaceful death. Please!

I want to make a stamp for one of my projects, so did a lot of on-line reviewing on stampmaking. The concensus was Speedy Cut is not very good, that Speedy Carve is great. So, I ordered Speedy Carve - or so I thought. Wound up with Speedy Cut instead, and didn't realize it for sure until now, altho I was beginning to wonder. Problems transfering pattern, and material crumbly, so became suspicious. I don't know how I wount up with the Speedy Cut instead of Speedy Carve, but I'm not very happy about it. Oh, I can carve a stamp from it, but it won't last long at all, too crumbly. My next step will be to get som linoleum blocks and start from scratch. Bah, humbug. I am certain I ordered the Speedy Carve, and got the Speedy Cut instead.

I use this product as a carving medium to make my own rubber stamps. It is soft and easy to carve and you can make solid, detailed rubber stamps. It's easy to transfer designs onto, and it cuts very smooth without being too stiff or rigid. I'm a public librarian and have incorporated stamps made of this material into a summer-long program which sees hundreds of children. The material is durable and withstands a lot of wear and tear due to multiple uses. However, because it is so pliable and flexible, it will crack or break if bent/extended too far. Of the several dozen stamps I've made, though, I've only had one split from rough use.

i bought this to carve small, simple stamps for kids. i bought two brands and started using the other one first, then tried the speedy-cut.

pros; when they say speedy they mean speedy. this block carves like butter. i think i did 2 stamps in the time it took for one with the other block.

cons; the speedy-cut has a more brittle, crumbly consistancy which leads me to worry about it's durability for my purposes (ie rough children). also, the quick carving capabilities could lend themselves to careless mistakes

overall; a great product for beginners and hobbyists. if you take your carving very seriously you may want to look for something with a more solid consistency for preserving fine details

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